BILL NUMBER: ACR 65	CHAPTERED  07/19/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   69
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 19, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   JULY 15, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 16, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Machado

                        MAY 25, 1999

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 65--Relative to California Pear
Day.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 65, Machado.  California Pear Day.
   This measure would declare August 11, 1999, as California Pear
Day.




   WHEREAS, California agriculture is among the most diverse in the
world, and the jobs associated with the industry are a pillar of the
state's economy; and
   WHEREAS, Bartlett pears, developed in England in the 18th century,
were introduced to the American colonies by Enoch Bartlett, a
resident of Dorchester, Massachusetts; and
   WHEREAS, Bartlett pears share in California agriculture's rich,
long history, dating back 150 years when the first pear trees came
west in covered wagons bound for the Great California Gold Rush; and
   WHEREAS, Bartlett pears have been here since statehood and, thus,
contribute to California's Sesquicentennial Celebration; and
   WHEREAS, Bartlett pears are highly nutritious, providing a rich
source of fiber, vitamins, and minerals with no cholesterol and
virtually no fat; and
   WHEREAS, Bartlett pears are the most popular pear variety
nationwide, and 60 percent of them--285,000 tons raised on 18,500
acres--are grown in California; and
   WHEREAS, Bartlett pears represent the largest agricultural crop in
Lake County and the second largest crop in Mendocino County, as well
as the third largest crop in Sacramento County; and
   WHEREAS, More than 300 California farm families, many of whom have
grown pears for generations, have dedicated themselves, with pride,
to raising the nation's finest pears for 150 years, harvesting from
July to September, with the peak of the season coming in August; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
recognizes the historical, nutritional, and economic importance of
pears, as well as the contributions of pear growers and the
California Pear Advisory Board, by declaring August 11, 1999, as
California Pear Day; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
